[Socal_R8]

love this car and is by far the best handling car I've ever driven, but I think it's time for something new.....thinking of trying to get into a gated manual R8.
Unfortunately the one that sparked this crazy idea was just sold yesterday was hoping it would still be there until I got the funds together....want to be prepared next time another one like that one pops up so it's time to sell the 981

Here is the ad if anyone is interested
https://rennlist.com/forums/market/1302985

[Alfisti]

Man I dunno, it always costs money to change cars and that one was sorted, not to mention you just got it. If you're gonna change it better be seriously different.

[E46ZHP2]

Don't do it! Loved my Caymans.

[Burrcold]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

Man I dunno, it always costs money to change cars and that one was sorted, not to mention you just got it. If you're gonna change it better be seriously different.

I'd say if he's looking at a manual R8, that's seriously different.

Good luck with the sale, and happy hunting for an R8!

[Alfisti]

GT350?

[Socal_R8]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

Man I dunno, it always costs money to change cars and that one was sorted, not to mention you just got it. If you're gonna change it better be seriously different.

It is a great car, but it has already been almost 3 years....

I honestly just miss that third pedal mostly

[Socal_R8]

Originally Posted by E46ZHP2

Don't do it! Loved my Caymans.

I very well may end up back in one, I'll be keeping an eye out for a manual CS, GTS or even a new 718....

[ntg44]

Good luck in your R8 search I love mine. 10 years of ownership and counting

[Germanauto]

Damn you live very close to me. Honestly if your example were red yellow or miami blue I'd be coming to see the car...

[c1pher]

Missed my base 718 so much I ended up getting a GTS 4.0. You’ve got a lovely NA flat six, basically the original 911. I’d keep it.

[Alfisti]

Honestly keep it or high revving V8.

[P1]

My brother has an R8 GT and ever since he got himself an early 90s 911, it just collects dust.

[Socal_R8]

Originally Posted by c1pher

Missed my base 718 so much I ended up getting a GTS 4.0. You’ve got a lovely NA flat six, basically the original 911. I’d keep it.

how did you like the 718 base? was it manual?

Honestly if mine was a manual I'd never sell it.....

[Socal_R8]

Originally Posted by Germanauto

Damn you live very close to me. Honestly if your example were red yellow or miami blue I'd be coming to see the car...

come take a look....white is the best color for Porsche's, everyone knows that

although I'd love a Miami or Shark blue




what city are you in?

[c1pher]

Originally Posted by SoCal_NSX

how did you like the 718 base? was it manual?

Honestly if mine was a manual I'd never sell it.....

Yes both manual but the manual in the GTS is much more precise and tighter. Honestly, with the 718, I’d get either the base/T or a GTS/GT4/Spyder.

I had a lot of fun in the 2.0t and loved how it drove and sounded. It is actually quicker than most people think and there are stage 1 tunes that will get you to 360hp or so if you do that sort of thing. But because of the small engine of the 2.0, it felt so much more like a race car, light and nimble, very responsive.

There is no engine difference between the the GTS 4.0 and the GT4, and tuners are able to safely raise the limiter and power output to match or exceed the GT4.

[baege]

R8 vs cayman is tough one
I struggled with it for a while and in the end I chose a brand new GTS 4.0 over an R8
you really have to drive an R8 to see if it's for you

the gated manual is not for everyone, I personally prefer slick mechanical porsche manual, but to be fair I've only driven a few gated r8's and so perhaps it would have grown on me

I think that r8 v8 gated money is 981 GT4 or 718 GTS 4.0 money so it's a tough call

an R8 is a very different experience and used R8's can be very different in the way they drive

when I was seriously searching for one I drove a 2012 and a 2014 both gated v10's and both with 30000 km, and they were vastly different cars, the
2012 felt much tighter, faster and sounded way better than the 2014

first step is to somehow drive a gated r8 though one for sale or turo, you need to do this to know...

[No Boost]

Just as long it remains a mid-engine

[XutvJet]

I don't get the feeling you'll ever be happy with what you have.

[dgoldenz]

Originally Posted by XutvJet

I don't get the feeling you'll ever be happy with what you have.

Story of my life

[Socal_R8]

Originally Posted by XutvJet

I don't get the feeling you'll ever be happy with what you have.

haha....that was exactly what the wife said when I brought up the R8 idea


seriously tho, if I had got a manual 981 CS I would have kept it....


But...I think it's human nature to always want to evolve and climb to a higher level...you gotta have asperations

I'm actually starting to look into getting back into another Cayman, manual of course, since the R8 I had dreams of was sold recently.

Going to Porsche of Ontario tomorrow and test drive a 981 CS and a 718 base back to back and will have a full report on my thoughts on the two.

The 718 is in a color I really like...

[baege]

[QUOTE=SoCal_NSX;28956191]haha....that was exactly what the wife said when I brought up the R8 idea


seriously tho, if I had got a manual 981 CS I would have kept it....


But...I think it's human nature to always want to evolve and climb to a higher level...you gotta have asperations

totally normal to always want the next best thing, my uncle was into boats and called it 2footitis, always wanting a boat that was 2 feet bigger

But what you might find is that the 981CS in manual is so good that it will be tough to find that next best thing

that was definitely my experience

when I first drove a 981S in 2013 I was absolutely blown away by the car and had to have one and then after I got one, a 2014 Cayman S in manual, I loved driving that car like I've never loved a car before or after, couldn't get enough of driving it for the first six months

but then of course I got used to the Cayman and the carswitchitis kicked in and i starting looking around to get that feeling I had with the cayman again

and I've test drove and also actually bought all kinds of cars over the last almost 10 years and never got that feeling again

tried aston martins, jags, 911's, bmw's, corvettes, mercedes, audi's,

and now I am back in a GTS 4.0 which is basically the same car with a little more power

the 981S in manual, for some of us, just hits all the marks so well, just the right size, beautiful, an amazing manual, naturally aspirated powerful motor with amazing throttle response and sound, wonderful handling, somewhat practical, rides decently

it's just such an amazing package that it is hard to find something better


good luck with the test drive, but my call is that you will much prefer the 981CS, the flat six just adds so much to the experience, for some of us

[BMWCCA1]

Originally Posted by SoCal_NSX

...seriously tho, if I had got a manual 981 CS I would have kept it....

Which makes me wonder how you ended up buying it in the first place?